Google accused of airbrushing impact of flying

Thursday, 25 August 2022newsdesk
Google accused of airbrushing impact of flying
The way Google calculates the climate impact of your flights has changed.

New Delhi, 25 August 2022

As per news report of BBC, your flights now appear to have much less impact on the environment than they did before. That's because the world's biggest search engine has taken a key driver of global warming out of its online carbon flight calculator. "Google has airbrushed a huge chunk of the aviation industry's climate impacts from its pages" says Dr Doug Parr, chief scientist of Greenpeace. With Google hosting nine out of every 10 online searches, this could have wide repercussions for people's travel decisions. The company said it made the change following consultations with its "industry partners". It affects the carbon calculator embedded in the company's "Google Flights" search tool.

Source - BBC

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